I'm getting an error that says Method cannot be used as a constructor - and I can't seem to find what that means exactly.
Here's my code (the line that is getting the error should be in bold):
stop();
var currentAnimation = new mapIdle;
makePlay();
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I have a class. I can call the constructor (initialize the class), and the constructor can then call a function/method inside it's own class (so I know it works), but when I try to call the same function/method myself from the instance of the class I just initialized, I get an error.
View 3 RepliesI'm making a kind of image showcase, what has a fluid width and height, depending on browser window dimensions. Everything is okay, I have other kind of issue: in constructor function in this gallery class I can't use stage property, I have to get it from main class. Why Flash treats me this way and how I can avoid this currentStage variable?
Main code:
package dev {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
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overloaded constructor method is there in flash? Iam trying the following code but it is giving error like this "A class must have only one constructor."
Code:
function Login(userName:String, userPassword:String) {
this.userName = userName;
this.userPassword = userPassword;
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Some constructor methods I've seen have the return type :void, even though they can't actually return any values anyway. If it's not required, is there a standard/best practice for that?
View 4 RepliesI just posted a message asking how to call a method from the constructor which has the parameters e: Event. I mistakenly ticked that post as answered when in reality it isnt. I was told I could add = null in the parameter of the function to make it work, like this:
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MovieClip add itself to a chosen parent DisplayObject in its Constructor Method?
View 5 RepliesI have got a problem with my actionscript class. This is my code:
package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
public class Main extends MovieClip
{
public function Main()
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class A:
[SWF(width='800',height='600',frameRate='24')]
public class A extends MovieClip {
private var b:B;[code]....
this.graphics calls do nothing in draw method, but work fine inside B`s constructor, what i am doing wrong ?
I am getting this error: 1180: Call to a possibly undefined method startWorld.but the method startWorld is defined as you can see in attachment.
View 4 RepliesI'm tryng to make a public static method call another method, but Flash throws error 1180, sayng that the method called by the static method is undefined.
Code: Select allpackage
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;[code]....
i have a fortran method which creates random numbers. i want to convert this method to a flash method . I want to get numbers from this method and use them in the delay method of flash.
the fortran method is the folowing
real znew1 , zold1 ,a,m,z1,p,TIME1
a= 16807.
m=2147483647
B=2
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I have a class called Animal that has a method foo() and I call it out within the Animal class.
Code:
protected function foo():void
{
trace("Animal");
}
I also have a class called Cat that extends Animal and overrides the method foo()
Code:
override protected function foo():void
{
trace("Cat");
}
However when calling the function foo() from the superclass it traces out Animal not Cat (using a Cat object).How can I make superclass call out methods in the subclass?
two classes, both extend EventDispatcher. Static method in 1st class calls instance method in 2nd event not getting caught. [code]also, since dispatchEvent() is an instance method, is there any way of calling it without first instantiating the class? i expect not.
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getUser was already in UserService.java. I just created getUser2 and it's identical to getUser. When I try to call getUser2, i get the "Cannot invoke method" error. question: Do I need to specify getUser2 in some other file? like in some configuration file? if so, which one and how do I do it.
Is there a way to get a method's parameters from outside the method? I know that there's an "arguments" property but it's only accessable from within the method. I'm working on a RPC system and need to store the method parameter types in a hash table for easy access later on.
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class A{
function A(){
trace("construct");
}
private function moo(){
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yet this doesn't, I'd expect it to: construct, start mooing, moo!, moo!, moo!, ...yet the moo! moo! moo! doesn't appear, as if moo() never gets called it all.
You can declare variables outside of the constructor in a class, so what is the point of a constructor in AS3?
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I do know that you cannot call functions, however what is the purpose of the constructor when the code in the class is executed? Why not allow functions and make it simpler?
there is a better way to abbreviate the following code??[code]
View 7 RepliesI am trying to things efficiently and put as little code as possible on the timeline.
I have a document class loading and working at runtime.
It creates a button that takes me to a different frame on the timeline.
I have a movie clip there. I put a trace in the constructor of the class of that movie clip but it will not show the trace comment in the output window-its not working. There are no errors.
I also tried instantiating the same movie clip from the document class-which worked-but the trace in it's class's constructor still does not output.
I'm having a problem with a .swf which when loaded into another .swf has its constructor function ignored
when i'm running local it works fine, but when theres a real loading the constructor doesnt run, also making timeline code ignored ( since timeline code is just addScript call in the clip constructor)
anyone else has had this problem?? same problem happens either using Loader class or BulkLoader, also happens when simulating download in the IDE
Is it possible to define 'public properties' of an object in the constructor method when you create the object ? similar to..
var leftmain_scrollertext = new TextField({length:10});
I have a TextField and I want to set its maxChars, x, y, width etc.
when I specify one or more of these I get... 1137: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected no more than 0.
am I forced to specify each property I want individually after I have constructed it ?
I have an object that has been added to the stage, exported properly for actionscript, and given an instance name.It's class file is this:
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And yet none of this works. The trace doesn't even go off, meaning the constructor is never activated. It's linked properly; if I go to the movie clip's preferences and hit "edit class file" it takes me to the proper one.It's possible that the problem lies with the frame numbering. The first time this object is added to the display list is in Frame 2...and it says "export in Frame 1" but I'm not exactly sure what that means or how it affects the class definition or how to get around it. I tried adding it (var sb:SoundButton = new SoundButton in the first frame,
I am going through the book gameprogramming university and checked to make sure my code matched.
I am using 2 classes the main class attached to the timeline, and an airplane class that contains a symbol in the library with different frames.
the main class is
Code:
package {
import flash.display.*;
public class airraid extends MovieClip {
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when i execute it i am getting the error:
1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0.
This is at line 7 where it is creating the airplane object.
I'm making a class called 'player', and really, I don't need a constructor function for it. Do you just outline the function, but don't put anything between the curly braces? Also, I'm a bit new with access levels. If I wanted my functions from my player class to be accessible from the main class, do I make them public?
View 3 RepliesI have a shuffleList.as file with this code...
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When run this file the compiler report this error: "A constructor cannot specify a return type." Where I'm wrong; I'm new in actionscript..
I have three classes (shown below, after the problem description).The first class (InteractiveStrategy) is the main class definition. In there I declare and instantiate two variables, download and upload, both of DataTxRx class.
On instantiation the folowing error pops up>> 1203: No default constructor found in base class strategy:DataTxRx public function Question(){ The second class, DataTxRx does two things only, either to download data or to upload data. As shown in its constructor, if the required parameter 'direction' is equal to DOWNLOAD, it calls the DownloadData() function. Similary, it calls the UploadData() if the required parameter is equal to UPLOAD.
The third class, Question extends the DataTxRx class, but itself has no constructor. However it has other methods(not shown) for adding, modifying and deleting questions anomg others.
package strategy{
import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.events.*;
import strategy.*;
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I'm getting the following error:TypeError: Error #1007: Instantiation attempted on a non-constructor.at Website()[/Design/The Silver Collective/_classes/Website.as:42]
This is line 42:var top = new top();
package {
import flash.display.*;
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what i am trying to do is by pressing zero_btn which is an object in the library to print a number in the dynamic text box ( result_txt ) which is also an existing object in the library and on stage. my knowledge in actionscript is not much and messing with .as files is totally new to me! then thing is that this code when i locate into to .fla file works fine. there is no error with the code i posted, but am sure something is missing ... like calling the constructor of the .as file.In the library the name of it is Zero_btn and the instance name of this object is zero_btn and it is a button.[code]
View 11 Repliesam trying to pass a movieclip reffrenc to a class, but i want it to be optional, so am trying to initialize it, but it dossent work, why?
public class CoverFlower extends MovieClip
{
var playBtn:BigPlay = new BigPlay();
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